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Narrow groove and restricted anchors of MHC class I molecule BF2*0401 plus peptide transporter restriction can explain disease susceptibility of B4 chickens.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Nov 2012
Zhang Jianhua, Chen Yong, Qi Jianxun, Gao Feng, Liu Yanjie, Liu Jun, Zhou Xuyu, Kaufman Jim, Xia Chun, Gao George F
Abstract excerpt
The MHC has genetic associations with many diseases, often due to differences in presentation of antigenic peptides by polymorphic MHC molecules to T lymphocytes of the immune system. In chickens, only a single classical class I molecule in each MHC haplotype is expressed well due to coevolution with the polymorphic TAPs which means that resistance and susceptibility to infectious pathogens are particularly easy...
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